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Psalm 94

Psa. 94:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessed
'esher (Hebrew #835)
happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
KJV usage: blessed, happy.
Pronounce: eh'-sher
Origin: from 833
d is the man
geber (Hebrew #1397)
properly, a valiant man or warrior; generally, a person simply
KJV usage: every one, man, X mighty.
Pronounce: gheh'-ber
Origin: from 1396
whom thou chastenest
yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
, O Lord
Yahh (Hebrew #3050)
Jah, the sacred name
KJV usage: Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in "-iah," "- jah."
Pronounce: yaw
Origin: contraction for 3068, and meaning the same
, and teachest
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
him out of thy law
towrah (Hebrew #8451)
from 3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
KJV usage: law.
Pronounce: to-raw'
Origin: or torah {to-raw'}
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Job 5:17• 17Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. (Job 5:17)
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Prov. 3:11• 11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement; (Prov. 3:11)
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Heb. 12:5• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him; (Heb. 12:5)
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Blessed.
Psa. 119:67,71• 67Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy *word.
 71It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes. (Psa. 119:67,71)
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Job 5:17• 17Behold, happy is the man whom +God correcteth; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty. (Job 5:17)
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Prov. 3:11• 11My son, despise not the instruction of Jehovah, neither be weary of his chastisement; (Prov. 3:11)
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1 Cor. 11:32• 32But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:32)
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Heb. 12:5‑11• 5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;
 6for whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.
 7Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
 8But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
 9Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
 10For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.
 11But no chastening at the time seems to be matter of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it. (Heb. 12:5‑11)
teachest.
Job 33:16‑25• 16Then he openeth men's ears, and sealeth their instruction,
 17That he may withdraw man from his work, and hide pride from man.
 18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from passing away by the sword.
 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;
 20And his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty food;
 21His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;
 22And his soul draweth near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
 23If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;
 24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
 25His flesh shall be fresher than in childhood; he shall return to the days of his youth. (Job 33:16‑25)
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Mic. 6:9• 9Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. (Mic. 6:9)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
• The godly soul learns, in the hour of trial, that, as ever, God uses the time of trial for the blessing of His people. Thus he can say, “Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD.” (“Psalms 94” by H. Smith)
• “Thou chastenest” is the admission that behind the hand of those who trouble God’s people there is the hand of God dealing with His people. “Thou teachest” is the acknowledgment that through chastening God teaches His people, not only what is in their hearts but the grace, the goodness, and the holiness of His own heart, so that distrusting themselves they may rest in God. (“Psalms 94” by H. Smith)
• God does judge evil, but He begins at His own house. God's hand is in the dealings which make His people suffer, as well as man's. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)
• God with the chastening teaches out of the law. God, by all this process of evil having the upper hand, breaks the will, teaches dependence, separates not only the heart but the spirit from the world where this evil reigns. How could there be union with a world in which this power of evil is seen and morally shrunk from? (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)
• There is, with the discipline of His hand, direct inward teaching by His word, which reveals Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessed is the mang whom thou chastenest, O Jahd, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;

JND Translation Notes

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Geber. see Job 3.3.
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See Note c, Ps. 68.4.